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...intoxicating scents, a welcome change from the dusty streets of Yuzhno. For those who would rather hunt wildlife than simply admire it, Sakhalin has large brown bear and Manchurian deer populations. Autumn is the main hunting season, and permits for firearms are available through Intourist. It also arranges a five-day fishing trip on the Chamga River during the salmon spawning season, all-inclusive for about $750. For those with a bigger budget, Intourist can organize a summer fishing vacation to the remote Vengery River by helicopter. It beats driving...
University President Lawrence H. Summers returned last night from a five-day swing through China in which he addressed Harvard alumni, toured two Chinese universities and met with China’s President Jiang Zemin...
...covered a lot of ground during his five-day odyssey - 3,400 miles, to be exact, leaving a trail of 18 pipe bombs. The devices, which Helder planted in mailboxes, injured six people, spraying BBs and nails in a burst of smokeless gunpowder. (In one more bizarre twist, Helder says he was planning to place the bombs in locations to form a sort of geographical smiley face...
...Pagan is low season for good reason. The relentless sun bakes its temple-strewn plain into a shimmering illusion of a chess game?if chess had 2,217 pieces, rather than 34. At midday even mad dogs take refuge, though not straw-hatted tourists on five-day whirlwind tours of Burma shuttling through their checklists of temples in air-conditioned comfort. The heat has its benefits, however. Summer is the time of flowers: thick bougainvillaea blooms in shockingly bright pink, jacarandas litter the paths with purple petals, and flame trees force starbursts of red against whitewashed temple walls...
ARGENTINA Cashless Economy President Eduardo Duhalde faced his biggest crisis ever with the exit of yet another Economy Minister and the five-day closure of all banks. Duhalde named Roberto Lavagna as the country's sixth Economy Minister in 12 months, after the protest resignation of Jorge Remes Lenicov. Banks reopened for limited operations only after Congress passed a law making it almost impossible for consumers to withdraw cash...